Wakel River Basin Project
~ Taankas - underground storage systems collect surface water from
roofs
Johed - small earth dams capture rainwater
Pats - irrigation channels transfer water using bund dams
Education used to increase awareness of the need to conserve water
Lancashire LEP
~ Loc...
✓~ Slow-growing - Tokyo, HICs, no squatter settlements
Growing - Beijing, NEEs, under 20% squatter settlements
Rapid-growing - Jakarta, HICs and NEEs, over 20% squatter settlements
Rio Areas
✓~ North Zone - industry, squatter settlements
Centro - history, financial centre
West Zone - wealthy, Olympic Stadium
South Zone - luxury hotels, Rochina favela
Rio Importance
✓~ Cultural capital of Brazil
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Host 2016 Olympics and 2014 World Cup
,Major port - exports coffee, iron ore, sugar
Rio Challenges
✓~ Healthcare - Uneven healthcare, life expectancy 80 in South, 45 in
West
Education - Half children continue beyond age 14, shortage of schools, teachers
and money
Water Supply - 12% have no running water, 37% lost through leaks/illegal
access
Energy - frequent power cuts/blackouts, illegal tapping
Rio Solutions
✓~ Healthcare - Medical staff detect and treat 20 different illnesses in
peoples homes
Education - Authorities given school grants to poor families and opened a
private university
Water Supply - 300km new pipes and 7 new treatment plants
60km new power lines installed
, Rio Economic Development
✓~ Rio provides 6% of Brazil's employment
Industrial areas have boosted economy
Employment in - service, port, oil refining, tourism, manufacturing
Rio Challenges Economic Development
✓~ Unemployment rates in favelas over 20%, most work in informal
economy and crime
Crime rates high, powerful gangs control favelas
Rio Solutions Economic Development
✓~ Schools of Tomorrow programme
Pacifying Police Units (UPPs)
Rio Pollution
✓~ Air - causes around 5000 deaths (smog), landscape limits amount of
roads, no. of cars grown, high crime rates os people prefer to drive
Water - Guanabara Bay highly polluted, rivers polluted by open sewers (favelas),
oil spill from Petrobras
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